Some luck! - Irish man wins €20k in a €5 scratch card
The player purchased the €5 winning Scratch Card in Kilkenny
A Kilkenny man got the festive cheer underway early this year after scooping the top prize of €20,000 on seasonal Merry Money Scratch Card.
The player purchased the €5 winning Scratch Card at O’Keeffe’s Daybreak, Market Street, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, while making his way to work.
“I was sitting in the car, enjoying my morning coffee and decided to scratch the card before heading into work. When I first saw that I won €20,000, I couldn’t believe it. I ran straight back into the shop to ask the assistant to scan the ticket to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. It wasn’t until then that I actually let myself believe the win.”
When asked how he planned to spend his surprise windfall, he said: “I’m not 100% sure what I'll do with the winnings just yet, but I’m certain there’ll be a sunny trip on the cards next year”.
Also claiming their successes on the “Countdown to Christmas” scratch card was a Cork woman who took the top prize of €100,000, purchased from Costcutter's, Bridgeland East, Rathcormac, Co Cork.
“I bought the scratch card almost two weeks ago and had forgotten about it – it was buried at the bottom of my handbag. Last weekend, I decided to clear out my bag, and that’s when I found the unscratched card, so I got a coin and scratched it. I screamed with excitement when I matched three fireplaces, which meant I’d won the top prize; I was in total shock!" she explained to the Lotto team as she collected her cheque just in time for the festivities.
This Christmas, the National Lottery has three festive scratch cards on offer, with a total prize fund of over €7 million.
They are:
• €10 Countdown to Christmas
• €5 Merry Money
• €3 Hampers & Cash
Winning on the National Lottery Christmas Scratch Cards does not stop there! You get to enter the second-chance Christmas Bonus Draw online for every Christmas scratch card you buy. One player will win a whopping €5,000 prize every week across twelve draws.
With the festive season of gifting well and truly underway, the National Lottery has also reminded players hoping to gift National Lottery products this Christmas to gift responsibly.
National Lottery spokesperson Sarah Ruane added: “We are reminding our players and everyone hoping to spread the festive cheer with our Christmas games, to support our ‘Gift Responsibly’ campaign when purchasing any National Lottery product as a gift. National Lottery products are strictly for those who are aged 18 years and over and we encourage all of our players to gift responsibly, not only at Christmas but at any time of the year”.
Nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on National Lottery games goes back to Good Causes in the areas of sport, youth, health, welfare, education, arts, heritage and the Irish Language.
In total, more than €6.5 billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery was established 37 years ago. In 2023 alone €227.9m million was raised for local Good Causes in communities across Ireland.
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